Proverbs 26:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷The legs of a disabled person hang limp;
    so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
⁸It is like binding a stone in a sling
    to give honour to a fool.
⁹Like a thornbush brandished by the hand of a drunkard
    is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

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